Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-21
BILL NYE.
He is Studying Zoology Ina North
Carolina Mountains.

AsHEvILLE, N. c., December 9.
There is no place in the United States,
so far as know, where the COW is more
versatile or ambidextrous, if may be
allowed the use of term that is far
above my station in life, than here in the
mountains of North Carolina. where the
obese 'possum and the anonymous distil-
Ter have their homes.
The life of o North Carolina cow is
indeed fraught with various changes and
saturated with zeal which is praise
worthy in the extreme. From the sunny
days when she gambols through the
beau tiful valleys, inserting her black,
retrousse and perspiration-dotted nose
into the blue grass from ear to ear, until
at life's close, when every part and pOr-
tioa of her overworked system is turned
into food, raiment or overcoat buttons,
the life of the Tar-heel cow is one Of in
tense activity.
Jackasses in the South are of two
kinds, viz, male and female. Much as
has been said of the jackass pro and con,
do not remember ever to have seen the
above statement in print before, and yet
it ia as tri,e as it is incontrovertible. In
the Rocky mountains we call this animal
the burro. There he packs bacon, -four
and salt to the miners. The miners eat
the bacon and -four, and with the salt
they are enabled to successfully salt the
mines.
The burro has low, contralto voice
which ought to have some machine oil
on it, The voice of this animal is not
unpleasant il he would pull some of the
pathos out of it and make it more joyous.
Here the iackass at times becomes
co worker with the cow in hauling to-
bacco and other necessities OF lite into
town, but he goes no further in the mat
ter of assistance. He compels her to
tread the cheese.press alone and contrl-
butes nothing whatever in the way OF
assistance for the butter industry.
The North Carolina COW is frequently
seen here driven double or single by
means of small rope attached to tall,
amsciated gentleman, who is generally
clothed with the divine right of suffrage,
to which he adds a small pair OF ear
bobs during the holidays.
The COW is attached to each shaft and
small singletree, or swingletree, by
means OF a broad strap harness. She
also wears breeching, in which respect
she frequently has the advantage OF her
escort.
1 think I have never witnessed o
sadder sight than that of new milch
COW, torn away from home and
friends and kindred dear, descend.
ing q steep mountain road at rapid
rate and striving in her poor, weak
manner to keep out of the way of q
small jackson Democratic wagon, loaded
with bid hogshead full of tobacco. 1t
seems to me so totally foreign to the ma
ture of the COW to enter into the tobacco
traffic, a line of business for which she
can have no sympathy, and in which she
certainly can feel very little interest.
A great many people come here from
various parts of the world for the eli
mate. when they have remained here
for one winter, however, they decide to
leave it where it is.
It is said that the climate here is very
much like that of Turin. But l did not
intend to go to Turin, even before
heard about that.
Please send my paper to the same ad
dress, and il some one knows goot
remedy for chillblains will contribute i
to The Sabbath Globe / shall watch fol
it with great interest. Yours as her,
I2 BILL NYE.
P. ST. should have raid relative I,
the COW OF this state that If the owner
would work their butter more and thei
cows less they would confer great bool
on the consumer of both.